• The stories we're following: Pill Testing, Housing Funding and Teacher Shortages

  • Sep 16 2023
  • Length: 28 mins
  • Podcast

The stories we're following: Pill Testing, Housing Funding and Teacher Shortages

  • Summary

  • Sarah Davenport, Elizabeth Fouldes, Dom Niere and Sam Deshayes bring you the stories they've been following around Melbourne the country.  This week:

     

    • The state government has been urged to support pill testing by a second coroner this year, as Queensland moves to become the first state to roll out the service at music festivals.
    • The federal government’s Housing Future Fund has passed the senate after Labor reached a deal with the Greens after months of negotiations.
    • A first of its kind hub for Melbourne’s gig workers has opened in the CBD to provide amenities for a growing cohort of workers without an office.
    • Aspiring high school teachers will soon study for free under a state government initiative after a rally outside Parliament House last week.
    • Victorian series 'Neighbours' returns to screens on Monday, but there’s trouble for interstate productions with funding cuts in New South Wales and a pay dispute in Queensland.
    • And in sport: Kyra Cooney-Cross has become the latest Matildas player to sign with an overseas football club, making a deadline day deal to play for Arsenal in Europe’s Women’s Super League.

     

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